Title: Synthesis of Transportation Asset Management Best Practices for Canada
Abstract: Roadway agencies in Canada are at various levels of maturity in the implementation of transportation asset management programs and systems. While provincial highway agencies and the larger cities generally are more advanced because they have more resources than smaller municipalities, strong leadership and champions within the agencies are moving forward to implement comprehensive systems to assist in the stewardship of our aging infrastructure. There is a strong movement in Canada for agencies to integrate investment planning and programming and move away from traditional silo-based infrastructure management systems into one comprehensive system. Agencies are adopting systems that track asset performance from construction to retirement and use life cycle cost to make whole life maintenance and rehabilitation investment decisions. These systems report on achievements in maintaining and improving asset condition as measured by key performance measures. This synthesis can be used to help agencies to develop an asset management plan, as well as to identify gaps and deficiencies for continued improvement.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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